Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-23
POSTAL CONVENTION.
President Cleveland Approves the
Agreement Made Between Mexico
aud the United States,
The New Arrangement a Vast I'm prove m . Mt
Upon the Old and the cope
Greatly Enlarged.
A NEW DEPARTURE,


WASHINGTON, June 22.-The text Of
the postal convention between the United
States and Mexico, recently ratified by
the Mexican government, has been ap-
proved by President Cleveland. 1t makes
| & complete new departure in our postal
relations with Mexico, changing, i'm
proving and vastly extending the facll-
/ tiles and scope of existing service. It
provides that articles of every kind adj
United to the mails IN one country shall
be admitted TO the mails AID be ex
changed subject to the regulations of
the country Of destination. At customs
points everything except letters are to be
subject to examination. The following
articles are prohibited from admission TO
the mails exchanged under this conyen-
ton: Publications. which violate the
copyright laws of the country of destina-
ton. Packets, except single volumes, of
printed books, weight Of which
exceeds two Kilograms forty
pounds. Liquids, poisons, eXplos-
ives or intiammable substance,
fatty substances, those which easily
liquify, live or dead animals not dried, in
sects, confecticns, fruit, pasLes,
vegetables which will easily decompose
and substances which exhGle bad od0r,
lottery tickets or circulars, all obscene
aud immoral articles, other articles which
may destroy or in any way damage the
mails or injure the persons handling
them. Mails only 10 be delayed to pro-
tect customs must be sent by the quick
est route. Rates of postage from either
to the other and classification TO De the
same as thai OF the country of origin;
provided, rates of postage end registration
shall not be less than prescribed
by the universal postal union. Each
country retains I'LL fees collected by il,
consequently there will be no postage &C
counts between the two countries. Let
ters must have st least one full rate pre-
paid and all other classes must be fully
prepaid. Unpaid postage, except on let
tiers collected to be retained by the coun
Try of destination and franks of officials
of each country provided for. Each cOun-
try is TO beaT the expense OF conveyance
Of its own mails 20 the other or by agree
meUt. Conveyance in both directions in
overland exchanges other than by railway
provided for by one expense for trans
portatiOn will be shared between them in
proportion to the distance travelled over
the territory OfegCh Each grants the other
free of any charge, detention or eXamina-
ton whatsoever transit across its terri
tory, or by means Of maritime service
subsidized by either country between the
ports Of the two countries of closed
mails, made mp by any authorized eX-
change Office of either country, addressed
70 any other exchange office OF the same
country; or any exchange office of the
ether country or Of q foreign country,
and the mail agent Of either country shall
| be permitted 10 accompany closed mails
IN transit across the territory of the
other. But correspondence forwarded
from either country to the other
IN open mails for dispatch 10
countries beyond shall be liable FOR Mex
iCGE or United Ststes transit to the fol-
lCwiug rates, viz: For maritime transit,
) francs per killogram for letters and
post cards, and 80 centimes per kilIO-
gram for other articles For terri
tOrial transit, . francs per killOgram for
letters and post cards and % confines
pei killogram for other articles. Regu-
latiOns are prescribed for the *
charge of registered letters aud pack
ages. Mail matter not delivered to be
returned 20 the country Of origin without
charge monthly and letters giving the ad-
dress of the sender with request for re-
turn after Il certain time will be so re
turned The sender of any article OF
admissible matter may cause its return
or address changed before delivery to adj
dressee. the request therefore 10 be made
by the postoftice department OF the coun-
try of origin at the cost of the sender.
TEXAS PENSIONS,
Special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June 90 The following
Texas pensions we're issued to-day. Susan
a., widow of Elijah l, King Aubrey;
Trial L. Jackson, Albany; William Nc
Cune, PendIetonYiHe; DoHinick Lively,
Brownsville.